MulchFest 2016

Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!

Join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation , and GreeNYC  to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. These wood chips are used to nourish trees and plants on streets and gardens citywide. Or, take home your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree . More than 30,000 trees were recycled last year. Help us top this number!

Chipping Locations

You can bring your tree to a chipping location on January 9 and 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. They will chip your tree, and give you your very own bag of mulch!

Drop Off Locations

Or you can bring your tree to a drop-off site from Saturday, January 2 through Sunday, January 10. Leave your tree with them, and they willl recycle it for you later! The NYC Department of Sanitation will also be conducting special curbside collections for mulching and recycling of Christmas trees from Monday, January 4, 2016 through Friday, January 15, 2016.

For more information click here.

Central Park West 63rd Street & Central Park West Drop-off only

Central Park West 65th Street & Central Park West Drop-off only

*Central Park West 81st Street & Central Park West, at the bridle path Chipping

Central Park East 106th Street & Fifth Avenue Drop-off only

Photo courtesy of Robyn Roth-Moise